Putative Virulence Factor Expression by Clinical and Food Isolates of Bacillus spp. after Growth in Reconstituted Infant Milk Formulae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3873-3881

  Rowan, Neil J ^a   Deans, Karen ^a   Anderson, John G ^a   Gemmell, Curtis G ^b   Hunter, Iain S ^a   Chaithong, Thararat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CULTURE MEDIUM; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACILLACEAE INFECTIONS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035458301     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.3873-3881.2001     Document Type: Article

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